Show I O ONE J STEP o HJ WARD Q Organization of or the city police force orce i under a commission provided pIo by tho i legislature and approved by the I forward for forI or governor will be a step state In the thc Salt Lake Nearly every eo I older Union ha has haR found such uch an ar- ar I 11 necessary c Mr and having Jn put putI j I It Jt into Inlo practical operation has found f It ft beneficial tar for the best Interests ts of oL 1 tho the whole community Ordinarily there Is a sentiment of oC t. t local pride e against the scheme Local self government Is constantly ol Invoked ed ar as' an argument in Jh favor of leaving the thc police police force In control of the local Authorities But tho the practical opera- opera Cion of or home homo rule rul In the matter mattel of or J th control Is not nol r reassuring a long as aR the the he local authorities con- con i. police the police pollee will w work rk 10 for th In In power on election lay day That hat I l. cr certain If f the the- they thedo do 10 not th the changed c Reluctant officers of or- leers are and servile lIe oho i Cl Clio o of the cit executive are found to fill hi his Rt hice ce It Ij Is not alone that th they vote voto w the ma mayors mayor's ors party part party party- 0 a 1 thing certainly have an on unquestioned r right t to do But they u use their great r to compel the I 4 very ry largo large er their theil ell I 4 lance to throw throw- the weight for ne al tt and against t the party that thal i i. i out of power The Tho element clement In an any community which L' L 1 has to b be watched 1 r t y ho police J JI is I- I aYR al always large And in e et ct the lie worst element clement in the community therefore o. o becomes s tho balance of or po er in the tho city electiOn V When hen the state pro ide provides police commission and the governor go Appoints Us Its tl e police a arc o i no obligation to fake ake part partin In a Tee Tee- r. r lion The They cat can n make nothing by t. It it H. and there thero is is no ono one to tu command uPun to to to t abuse the their lr power The They simply have havo th c dutte lIe to take e care erf c and that Is lt all the they arc are expected to todo S do 1 and all the they can be made to do The rhe result Is that elections In the thc city are settled by tho the bc best t people In the thc city instead City Instead tt of or the worst I CIl City election are aro held every two years y ars i The state slate election is held every ery r four thur ur years ears Even Evon if IC the evil 11 Influences Influences' I were were- as bad ad In one case case as in tho the other other the fact tact that the ent e would be half as frequent Is reason a reason for tor commending commending com corn mending the tho state commission above the tho c city eLty ty rule The minute the American party part captured the city In 1905 1906 Its managers began the tho reorganization of ot the the theSal Salt Lake laJo police force In a wa way to make I It most effective e in carrying the county election of oC 1906 And nd we will have havo to admit that they did their bad work won very cry well veli They Thc took the tho right man manfor for tor conscienceless policies when the theto they to took k George Sheets And the they have havo been for tor a a- year ear building a machine which should give their police force forcer r t the of oC tho the city in an election r. r They made I it profitable They did get t hundreds of votes by the power the C p police exerted over over the cro crooks and the fr r. r bad had women of ot the And the license extended to tho those c e very crooks a and bad had women has been a harm to the city i It should never ne be permitted to And If Ir the tate state of Utah will give a police commission to cities of nf the first and second class the city elections hereafter here will be settled by th the best pe people Instead o of b by the worst I |